place
Carthago
Carthage
also: Karthago
Phoenician city-state in North Africa; principal Mediterranean rival of Rome; destroyed in 146 BC by Scipio Aemilianus.
Reading notes
- Fourth Philippic §13 razed Carthage, overthrew Numantia
Two emblematic victories of Roman valour: the destruction of Carthage (146 BC) and the fall of Numantia in Spain (133 BC), both achieved by Scipio Aemilianus. Cicero cites them as proof of the martial inheritance the people must now defend.